Having read the Stranger for awhile, I feel familiar with Ellen Forney’s comics, but hadn’t read many of them (besides her Lustlab personals gags) until I picked up this book today. I really enjoyed the first section full of various “How to” diagrams—ranging from a guide to erogenous zones to performing a military funeral. Her art reminds me a lot of Joe Sacco’s—it’s heavy on interestingly-lettered text—but she doesn’t crosshatch nearly as much as is a bit more cartoony. Forney is really good at cramming an entire story into a page, kinda like Jessica Abel.
The collection drags during her strips from ‘92-94, but I like the collaborations with Dan Savage and David Schmaeder (both also write for the Stranger) toward the end.